# Trivia Dominoes: Play Off the Last Bit of Trivia **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 4, 2010, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657 "2010-02-04T08:12:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 955
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The flag of the City of London is based on the flag of England, having a centred red St George’s Cross on a white background, with the red sword in the upper hoist canton (the top left quarter). The sword is believed to represent the sword that beheaded Saint Paul who is the patron saint of the city. ---
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Two Canadian provincial flags, for Ontario and Manitoba, are based on the British red ensign with the Union flag in the canton and the provincial arms in the fly. They were adopted in the mid-sixties to protest the federal government’s adoption of the maple leaf flag for Canada, dropping the federal red ensign. ---
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Backers of Scottish independence, a question to be placed before the voters in September 2014, have already stated that they intend to retain Queen Elizabeth II as Queen of Scotland. Although the government of British Prime Minister David Cameron has outlined various objections to, and warnings about, independence, it has not stated that the Queen would be advised (i.e. ordered) to decline to thus serve. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19087 "2014-03-05T14:23:24Z")
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The March of the Cameron Men is the traditional march tune of Clan Cameron and the Cameron Highlander regiment. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zH081uTTUj4/hqdefault.jpg "Celtic Bagpipe Music - The March of The Cameron Men") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH081uTTUj4) ---
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In the movie **The Stunt Man** , Steve Railsback plays a fugitive named Cameron who ends up taking on the title role. His name becomes a major plot point in the final scenes. ---
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Jason Derek Brown is currently the FBI’s most wanted fugitive. In a November 2004 robbery in Phoenix, Brown allegedly shot and killed an armored car guard and fled with stolen cash. > [@](#): > > Brown speaks fluent French and has a Masters Degree in International Business. He is an avid golfer, snowboarder, skier, and dirt biker. Brown enjoys being the center of attention and has been known to frequent nightclubs where he enjoys showing off his high-priced vehicles, boats, and other toys. Brown was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and completed his Mormon mission near Paris, France. > > Brown has ties to California, Arizona, and Utah. In the past, he has traveled to France and Mexico. Additionally, he may be in the possession of a Glock 9mm and a .45 caliber handgun. [http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten](http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten) ---
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George Brown served as the anglophone Premier of the Province of Canada for four days in August, 1858. He was preceded in office by John A. Macdonald, and succeeded in office by John A. Macdonald. ---
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The Herman’s Hermits hit “Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter”, originally written by Trevor Peacock for the Tom Courtenay film _The Lads_, was covered by Alvin and the Chipmunks for their album _Chipmunks à Go-Go_. ---
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The aforementioned Canadian statesman George Brown died of his wounds in May 1880, seven weeks after being shot by a recently-fired employee. The former employee, George Bennett, was convicted of murder and subsequently hanged. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657/19094 "2014-03-05T21:26:09Z")
Darrell Lance Abbott, best known as ex-Pantera guitarist “Dimebag Darrell”, was murdered while performing onstage on Dec. 8th, 2004 by an obsessed fan named **Nathan Gale**. The shooter also fired randomly into the crowd, killing three more people; among the victims was an audience member named **Nathan Bray**. ---
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The De Tomaso Pantera was an American-designed car produced in Italy from 1971 to 1991 initially powered by a Ford V-8 engine. In 1975, Ford’s importing of the Pantera into the United States ended. ---
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Among other anti-Semitic activities, Henry Ford’s newspaper _The Dearborn Independent_ published _The Protocols of the Elders of Zion_. Ford ordered all Ford dealerships to distribute copies of the Independent to Ford customers. At its height, the Independent had 700,000 subscribers. Heinrich Himmler referred to Ford as “one of our most valuable, important, and witty fighters.” ---
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19th-century German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz expanded on James Clerk Maxwell’s electromagnetic theory of light by being the first to conclusively prove the existence of electromagnetic waves. The unit of frequency, hertz, or cycles per second, was named in his honor. Hertz died just short of his 37th birthday of Wegener’s granulomatosis, a form of vasculitis. Hertz had only two daughters and they never married, so Hertz has no descendants. ---
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_The Descendants (2011)_, starring George Clooney, was shot on location in Honolulu and around Hanalei Bay, Hawaii. ---
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The location for the scene in _The Descendants_ when the George Clooney character, Matt King, takes his daughters to view his family’s pristine Kauai land for sale is the Kipu Kai Ranch, a 3,000-acre private cattle ranch on the south shore of Kauai. ---
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George Orwell was dying of tuberculosis when he married Sonia Brownell in his hospital room on October 13, 1949. He never left the hospital, and early on the morning of January 21, 1950, he died at age 46. ---
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George Orwell’s draft manuscript of his classic dystopic novel _1984_ was published in a life-size photographic edition in the year of its title. Although Orwell typed the manuscript, he made extensive changes in pencil and pen, and the first page with its famous opening sentence is almost a solid mass of ink. ---
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Hermann Rorschach introduced his inkblot test in 1921. He died the following year. His original intent for the test was tool for the diagnosis of schizophrenia. The test was not used as a general personality test until 1939. ---
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The 1930’s-40’s R&B group The Ink Spots were famous for their trademark same-style intro to most songs followed by a Bill Kenny tenor solo of the entire lyrics, followed by a bass spoken repeat. Their hit “If I Didn’t Care” became the 7th best selling single of all time. Their original version of When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano" only reached #4 on the charts, though. Bugs Bunny famously covered their “Someone’s Rockin’ My Dreamboat”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=954) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-dominoes-play-off-the-last-bit-of-trivia/527657.md?page=956)